Lions take the interim off Jim Bob Cooter’s title

According to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, the Lions are making the expected move, and keeping their interim offensive coordinator for next season without the clunky first part of that title.

The team turned around sharply when Cooter replaced Joe Lombardi midseason, with quarterback Matthew Stafford openly praising the difference it made.

It also made sense once they decided to stick with head coach Jim Caldwell, who was retained by new General Manager Bob Quinn. That gives them the chance to build around a comfortable Stafford, whether the offense includes Calvin Johnson or not.

The Vikings will be NFC North Champs for the foreseeable future. The Vikes are one of the youngest teams in the NFL, have one of the best defenses, and once the OL gets overhauled this offseason, the offense will be in the top 10 in the league.

We finally have the answer at Head Coach with Coach Zimmer, and the new stadium will be coming soon. It’s a different era for the Vikes, and it’s just a matter of time before they are World Champs.

Stats don’t lie. The last 8 games (once Cooter took over) Stafford threw 19 TDs and only 2 INTs.

rlpftt, Cutler threw what, 3 picks against Detroit in the season finale? 0-6 vs. the Lions, hasn’t beat them since 2012. Sit down.

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Bears suck and you might have beat them the past 3 years, but who hasn’t. Even though you beat them they still finished ahead of you in the division the first year, which is pathetic. The Bears are still a better team then your Lions, they have no talent and have changed systems how many times, your team has lots of talent and absolutely fall flat on their face cuz they’re terrible.

I don’t know about that… I think anyone who watches enough football could tell you Calvin Johnsons play speaks for itself, he’ll hit the Hall of Fame purely through his own talent, the team is just a blemish. I don’t like that to this day Stafford can’t acknowledge that his play needs to be held somewhat accountable. A bad offensive unit, no question, but he is still out there gun slinging 5 yard passes. A little bit of touch would be a good thing to develop by this time in his career. I can say that through the last few years, Stafford has never broken the barrier for making an unexpectedly good throw. Still a top 10 QB, here’s to hoping that OLine can finally move up in the world!

“That was a 7-9 season and with the two games the refs stole it should have been 9-7 so su.”

Really it was a 6-10 season because the first Bears game was a loss given to the Lions by the refs (Golden Tate TD was a stripped fumble) so it could go either way. In reality the Lions are just not that good, so su….

The Bears however scored one of their TDs after a special teams turnover. That turnover was the result of Corey Fuller being pushed into the ball. That aspect of the play was illegal, but was not reviewable, so the Bears got a TD they shouldn’t have.